EUR/JPY steadily climbs ahead of NFPs

FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - EUR/JPY has steadily climbed from its overnight low of 138.94, to post a morning high at 139.73, before declining to where it is presently trading at 138.52, up 0.37% on the day.

EUR/JPY led higher by overnight Yen weakening

EUR/JPY climbed overnight following comments overnight from Takatoshi Ito, chairman of the advisory panel on reforming the government pension fund caused Yen to weaken during the Asian session. He stated that the GPIF should immediately start selling JGBs down to the current permitted lower limit of 52% of overall assets. This morning has seen comments from the ECB’s Nowotny and Coeure which supported EUR further. Ahead today, the obvious calendar event is NFP’s which analysts are expecting to register at 180k, down from the previous months 204k.

What are today’s key EUR/JPY levels?

The hourly RSI sits at 61, with stochastics are in overbought territory at 85. The hourly 200 SMA is bullish at 138.88 alongside the daily 20 EMA at 137.06. The daily pivot point is at 139.0182, with resistance above at 139.5813 (R1), 140.1582 (R2) and 140.7213 (R3) and support low 138.4413 (S1), 137.8782 (S2) and 137.3013 (S3). The range between 139.21-55 above should offer resistance, with several key technical levels clustered today.

Flash: EUR/USD strength looks set to extend to the 1.3718 Fibo - Commerzbank

Karen Jones, Head of Technical Analysis at Commerzbank notes EUR/USD has destroyed the potential rising wedge pattern but has not done enough to convince us that this is anything more that just a correction.
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